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Monday, February 25, 2013

Years ago, as a wedding gift, we received a decorative plate with our engagement picture on it. I never really loved our engagement pictures so that was the first strike against it. I could tell my husband hated it--strike 2. And strike 3? It just wasn't our style.

With all of that said I still hung on to it--somewhere buried in a drawer or box. We couldn't really give it away (it did have our faces on it) and it somehow felt wrong to throw it away. But I knew it had potential.

I recently found a calling for this little plate I've been keeping around for nearly 10 years. It was going to decorate my kitchen--with a few modifications of course.

First, I gave it several coats of spray paint. It took quite a few to get to the point where our faces didn't show through.

After I had spent all day painting and waiting for paint to dry between coats I used my Silhouette to cut out a "C".

Can I tell you how much better I like this plate now?! I love it!

And it has finally found a home instead of being tucked into a dark box.

I, too, have a gifted wedding plate. Ours was personalized with our names and date which were off center. Plus my name was misspelled! My mother guilted me into keeping it. I thought about using it for target practice but painting it may be best.